Death and Chicanery

Description

Here, in one volume, are four enthralling stories from the pen of one of the greatest crime-and-detection writers of our time.

"Deed of Mercy" tells of a foreign scientist accused of molesting a young student-actress, and the part played by his actress wife in revealing the truth.

"Breakfast for the King" has an Oriental setting, in which the life of a young man is at stake for a theft he did not commit.

"Moon Flame" is the story of a newspaper man and his involvement with a vindictive actress who plans to revenge herself on her ex-husband.

"The Ticker Tape" - almost Grand Guignol in its terrible implications and the vividness of its detail - is an account of the mental conflict of a husband and wife over the murder of a boy, leading to gruesome consequences.

Philip MacDonald's mastery of the art of taut and gripping writing has, perhaps, never been better exemplified than in this new collection of stories.